> Which small car to buy for my dad?

saiyan if you are looking for a second hand one then dont look beyond Maruti.

however they suck, whatever you hear on street, nothing beats them in getting a good quality second hand one and also good prices too.

and when you need to upgrade later there will be takers for it immediately.

see the answer lies in your post.. saiyan is only 4 feet tall

Beech, am 5.4 fts tall

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Dude you have to go for a Maruti, since you have ruled out tall boys the only option available is the Alto. But performance goes for a toss with the ac on man.

Frankly the only maruti worth buying these days is the Swift. The Wagon R is age old crap, estillo is hideous to look at, alto/800 is too underpowered/basic, SX4 feels tacky inside and there are all kinds of reliability questions. Leaves only the swift which is a good car.

Spark is too small and uncomfortable. The pedals are way too close to each other. It does have decent grunt though for a car of its size.

I like the getz as well for the space and ride quality.